The Daily Teaser

I like the Daily Teaser, I really do …

I’m hoping that yesterday’s questions went down well; – amazing what you can find, when you poke around the net.

At any rate, here’s yesterday’s answer for you.

Q1) The 30th March, 1820, saw the birth of Anna Sewell; – which children’s book did she famously write?

A1) “Black Beauty”.

Q2) On this day in 2006, Marcos Pontes become the first astronaut from which country, to enter space?

A2) Brazil.

Q3) 1981 saw an assassination attempt on which American politician?

A3) Ronald Reagan.*

Q4) Back in 1893, Thomas F. Bayard is appointed as the first US ambassador to which country?

A4) The UK.

Q5) And finally, back in 1533, Thomas Cranmer was appointed as the Archbishop of where?

A5) Canterbury.

And here’s today’s questions …

Q1) The Warsaw Pact formally came to an end, on the 31st of March; – in which year of the nineties?

Q2) In 1966, the Luna 10 module became the first probe to orbit the Moon; which country launched it?

Q3) Which French tourist attraction opened on this day?

Q4) The CND’s march to where started on the 31st of March, 1972?

Q5) Commodore Matthew Perry signed the Treaty of Kanagawa on this day; – but in which year of the 1850’s?

Tomorrow’s going to be interesting – it IS April the 1st, and I think I’ve a table round, around here, somewhere …

* Weird coincidence, this got asked at the quiz, last night …